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[December 17, 2012]

GT Software Announces Day One Support for IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS v5.1

ATLANTA --(Business Wire)--

GT Software, a leading provider of enterprise modernization solutions
today announced Day One Support for IBM (News - Alert) CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
v5.1. This is part of GT Software's ongoing commitment to ensure
customers are able to upgrade to new IBM software releases on day one.

The availability of Day One support translates into meaningful benefits
for GT Software customer. They can continue to have the confidence that
GT will be ready when IBM releases new or upgraded products.

The following products will provide Day One support for CICS Transaction
Server z/OS v5.1

- BMS/TS 8.6.2

- Assist/TS 7.3.2

- Ivory Service Architect 4.4.1

- Ivory HUB 5.1.0

"Participating in the early support programs from IBM allows us to
ensure our productsrun reliably on new IBM software releases on day
one," said Henry Fogwill, Product Manager at GT Software. "GT works
closely with IBM to be kept abreast of the direction IBM is taking with
CICS. This allows us to anticipate our product enhancements to maximize
and exploit new functions and features in the CICS Transaction Server."

For over three decades, GT Software has helped organizations optimize
their technology investments by providing enterprise
modernization solutions. A core division of GT Software focuses on
enhancing and evolving legacy applications, future -proofing them by
making them more flexible and open to newer platforms.

About GT Software

Celebrating 30 years of technology excellence, GT Software delivers a
broad scope of integration, modernization, and migration solutions
across a variety of platforms. Enterprises across the globe with legacy
mainframe assets leverage GT Software solutions to optimize these
technology investments while modernizing for use in mobile, cloud and
web applications. For more information, visit www.gtsoftware.com.